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| author | Wesley Schwengle <wesleys@opperschaap.net> | 2024-01-24 13:16:52 -0400 |
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| committer | Wesley Schwengle <wesleys@opperschaap.net> | 2024-01-26 14:43:13 -0400 |
| commit | 8808d81b4f3abfe9e5748ed56664019ef6b2a04d (patch) | |
| tree | bb77bba4da081ef6d808ee8e30f0a9e80b2c2893 | |
| parent | a6e30cc02eb24d5b2bbf2cb1b59c48c62d09658f (diff) | |
Add documentation of autoremove to apt.conf (5)
This commit adds documentation for: APT::Protect-Kernels,
APT::NeverAutoRemove::*, APT::VersionedKernelPackages.
This is to inform users about the newly introduced
NeverAutoRemove::KernelCount feature.
Signed-off-by: Wesley Schwengle <wesleys@opperschaap.net>
| -rw-r--r-- | doc/apt.conf.5.xml | 55 |
1 files changed, 55 insertions, 0 deletions
diff --git a/doc/apt.conf.5.xml b/doc/apt.conf.5.xml index e815a58a1..df692bc40 100644 --- a/doc/apt.conf.5.xml +++ b/doc/apt.conf.5.xml @@ -311,6 +311,61 @@ APT::Compressor::rev { <listitem><para>The CDROM subsection controls the &apt-cdrom; tool; please see its documentation for more information about the options here.</para></listitem> </varlistentry> + + <varlistentry> + <term> + <option>NeverAutoRemove</option> + </term> + <listitem> + <para> + Never autoremove packages that match the regular expression(s). + </para> + </listitem> + </varlistentry> + + <varlistentry> + <term> + <option>Protect-Kernels</option> + </term> + <listitem> + <para> + This option tells apt autoremove that kernels are protected and + defaults to true. In case kernels are not protected they are + treated as any other package. + </para> + </listitem> + </varlistentry> + + <varlistentry> + <term> + <option>VersionedKernelPackages</option> + </term> + <listitem> + <para> + Define the regular expression(s) for versioned kernel packages. + Based on these expressions a rule set is injected into apt + similar to APT::NeverAutoRemove regular expressions. + </para> + </listitem> + </varlistentry> + + <varlistentry> + <term> + <option>NeverAutoRemove::KernelCount</option> + </term> + <listitem> + <para> + Keep a custom amount of kernels when autoremoving and defaults + to 2, meaning two kernels are kept. Apt will always keep the + running kernel and the latest one. If the latest kernel is the + same as the running kernel, the second latest kernel is kept. + Because of this, any value lower than 2 will be ignored. If you + want only the latest kernel, you should set + APT::Protect-Kernels to false. + </para> + </listitem> + </varlistentry> + </variablelist> </refsect1> |